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# OPI Template: Spotify Model
# Pre-built unit types and example structure for the Spotify organizational model.
# Usage: Copy unit-types into your components/unit-types.yaml, then scaffold units.
#
# Spotify Model concepts:
# - Squad: Cross-functional team (6-12 people), aligned to a mission
# - Tribe: Collection of squads with shared domain (max ~100 people)
# - Chapter: Functional group across squads (e.g. all backend devs)
# - Guild: Voluntary community of interest across the org

opi: "0.2.0"

components:
  unit-types:
    spotify-squad:
      description: "Cross-functional team aligned to a mission. Autonomous in HOW they work, aligned on WHAT they deliver."
      base_type: stream-aligned
      required_members: [product-owner, scrum-master]
      required_fields: [schedule, interfaces, governance]
      defaults:
        schedule:
          cadence: biweekly
          duration: 60min
        governance:
          framework: consent
      template:
        channels:
          sync:
            - type: standup
              name: "Daily Standup"
              cadence: daily
            - type: review
              name: "Sprint Review"
              cadence: biweekly
            - type: meeting
              name: "Retrospective"
              cadence: biweekly

    spotify-tribe:
      description: "Collection of squads with a shared business domain. Led by a Tribe Lead. Max ~100 people."
      base_type: leadership
      required_members: [tribe-lead]
      required_fields: [schedule]
      defaults:
        schedule:
          cadence: monthly
          duration: 90min
      template:
        channels:
          sync:
            - type: meeting
              name: "Tribe All-Hands"
              cadence: monthly

    spotify-chapter:
      description: "Functional expertise group spanning squads within a tribe (e.g. 'Backend Chapter'). Chapter Lead manages people."
      base_type: enabling
      required_members: [chapter-lead]
      required_fields: [schedule]
      defaults:
        schedule:
          cadence: biweekly
          duration: 60min

    spotify-guild:
      description: "Voluntary community of interest across the entire org (e.g. 'Testing Guild'). No formal authority."
      base_type: enabling
      required_members: [guild-coordinator]
      defaults:
        schedule:
          cadence: monthly
          duration: 60min

# --- Example: A Payments Tribe with 3 Squads ---

---
# Example usage (separate files in practice):

# units/tribes/payments-tribe.yaml
# unit:
#   name: "Payments Tribe"
#   derived_from: spotify-tribe
#   purpose: "All payment-related capabilities"
#   owner: "Tribe Lead Payments"
#
# members:
#   - role: tribe-lead
#     name: "Maria Schmidt"
#
# schedule:
#   cadence: monthly
#   day: "First Thursday"
#   time: "14:00"
#   duration: 90min

# units/squads/checkout-squad.yaml
# unit:
#   name: "Checkout Squad"
#   derived_from: spotify-squad
#   purpose: "Seamless checkout experience"
#   parent: payments-tribe
#
# members:
#   - role: product-owner
#     name: "Jan Müller"
#   - role: scrum-master
#     name: "Lisa Weber"
#   - role: developer
#     count: 4
#   - role: designer
#     count: 1
#
# schedule:
#   cadence: biweekly
#   day: Wednesday
#   time: "10:00"
#   duration: 60min

# units/chapters/backend-chapter.yaml
# unit:
#   name: "Backend Chapter"
#   derived_from: spotify-chapter
#   purpose: "Backend engineering excellence across Payments squads"
#   parent: payments-tribe
#
# members:
#   - role: chapter-lead
#     name: "Tom Fischer"
#   - role: member
#     count: 8
#     position: "Backend Developer"